As the State Climate office for Florida, we often get questions about living with high humidity. Many people suffer
from respiratory illness or other health problems that are affected by humidity and they are trying to find a suitable
climate to move to. More...

The U.S. Drought Monitor offers weekly maps showing conditions at national, regional, and state levels. The data cutoff for Drought Monitor maps is Tuesday at 7 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The maps, which are based on analysis of the data, are released each Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

This report, prepared by FSU professor emeritus Dr. Mort Winsberg, contains descriptions of some of the principal climatic features and a number of climatological summaries for stations in various geographic regions of the State.

Average temperatures in January were below normal across the state, and rainfall totals were mixedl. La Niña conditions are currently present in the Pacific, and the ENSO Alert System is set to La Niña Advisory. Forecast models favor La Niña conditions to continue through the end of winter, with a transition to ENSO-neutral expected during the spring.